[QUOTE=thegeneral;9657211]I drove through Portland in off rush hour traffic and how people do that is beyond me. It cleared up, literally, right when I crossed the border. I'll take Seattle with Washington's no income tax policy any day.QUOTE]

But OR has no sales tax. One of the reasons traffic cleared up is because of excellent city planning on the OR side of the Columbia. Light rail and zones that cut the suburbs off.

Good luck on the green card, SwissCircle. Though it is beyond me why anyone would want to move to the USA.